People that make a difference in the world are not people who have mastered a lot of things. They are people who have been mastered by a very few things that are very, very great. If you want your life to count, you don't have to have a high I.Q. and you don't have to have a high E.Q.; You don't have to be smart, you don't have to have good looks, you don't have to be from a good family or from a good school. You just have to know a few basic, simple, glorious, majestic, obvious, unchanging, eternal things and be gripped by them, and be willing to lay down your life for them...
May 20, 2000
JWR
2 comments:
Encouraging, but what exactly do you think "the world" encompasses in his quote? I'd love to talk more about this one with ya--over a beer perhaps.
Will -
I believe Piper is using the term "world" in it's broadest sense, but you do raise a good question. The audience to whom he was delivering this sermon was college students. Perhaps knowing that helps us to better discern what he means by "world." I think he simply means the life outside of themselves. Does that help?
PS: I'm always up for a beer and discussion. Let's do it soon. Call me!
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